I'm glad someone else is interested in fourée mules. I would also love to know the story behind these coins. Were dies stolen and combined in...
Don't be silly.
I love the long obverse legends on this series. I realize it's a matter of personal taste, but I find the smoothing and tooling to be within the...
It's visually striking to see five of the same obverse die with different reverse types. It makes you wonder whether the reverse dies wore out...
Congratulations! A great acquisition, both for its historic and numismatic importance.
That's a beauty all right!
Show us something from your collection. :)
Welcome Ronald!
Of Aretas IV, I have a much larger collection of the minute bronzes (1/4 denominations) because they come in so many varieties. Here's a...
Nice coin. These are the most common of Nabataean issues and can be found in reasonably acceptable grades. You'll notice some letters on the...
You mean Ancient Joe. But TIF's collection is also spectacular - check out the link in her signature.
Nice addition, Chris, and nice examples everyone. These coins always put a smile on my face.
Great way to kick off the year, Steve! Excellent!
Yes, from what I can see in the catalogs, there were a number of variations in the letters: MA, NA, MAN, etc.
The letters are MA, sometime NA. According to Hoover... "The meaning of the abbreviated Phoenician inscriptions that appear on almost all Aradian...
Nice little coin, Z. I also enjoy collecting obscure and uncommon coins from obscure places, as long as enough of the details are present to make...
Boy that's a nice coin, Doug. So often the inscriptions on these are missing. You've got all the numerals in the date and the letters above, plus...
Great strike and surfaces on that coin, wow!
A very pleasing example of an uncommon coin. I love it!
Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch, Elagabalus. :) Could be Severus Alexander too - with no obverse legend it's hard to tell some of the busts apart.
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